Iraqi cars cannot enter the Kingdom as of 1 January, 2006 without meeting a new set of conditions announced by the Customs Department on Tuesday.

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved the first loan to Iraq in over 30 years.

The Government of Japan has decided to extend a grassroots human security grant aid totaling about $531,000 (about 57 million yen) to the Governorate of Al-Muthanna.

Iraq has issued a freight tender to deliver 200,000 tonnes of sugar to its main Umm Qasr port during this month and next month, traders said.

After more than a year in makeshift lodgings, the Iraq Stock Exchange has celebrated its official opening.

The World Bank's executive board has approved a $100 million loan to Iraq to help boost enrollment and ease overcrowding in Iraqi schools.

The Ministry of Housing and Reconstruction is building 540 new flats in Balad and Dujail, north of Baghdad.

India and Turkey have stated that they have the expertise to revitalise the Iraqi oil industry, although re-engineering the soviet-built old oil infrastructure is not easy.